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A Family Dinner Discussion about Duck
Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett
Here it is!
Farmer Hoggett
The bird.
The Hoggetts granddaughter
Yuck. Chicken?
The Hoggetts daughter
No, it's Duck a l'Orange. And, Mother, it looks absolutely superb.
The Hoggetts granddaughter
I'm not going to eat any of it!
The Hoggetts daughter
Oh, this is fabulous.
Babe
Ferdinand!
Cow
If you're out here, who's that in there?
Ferdinand
Her name's Rosanna. Why Rosanna? She–She had such a beautiful nature.
Babe
Oh, Ferdinand.
Ferdinand
I can't take it anymore.
Cow
Really!
Ferdinand
The fear's too much for a duck. It eats away at the soul. There must be kinder dispositions in far-off gentler lands.
Cow
The only way you'll find happiness is to accept that the way things are is the way things are.
Ferdinand
The way things are stinks! I'm not gonna be a goner. I'm gone! I wish all of you the best of luck.
Babe
Where will you go?
Ferdinand
No idea. But I'm a clever duck. I could do with an adventure.
Babe
I'll miss you, Ferdy.
Ferdinand
Ferdy? Ha! No one's ever called me that before. Ha ha ha! Hey, good luck, Pig. Ha! I am out of here.
[jumps up on the gate and turns to Babe]
Babe
Bye-bye.
Ferdinand
Hey! Oh! Ow! And would you do me a favor, old thing?
Babe
Anything Good Luck, Ferdinand and Farewell.
Ferdinand
Open the gate, right pig, huh?
[with that said, he takes off]
Babe
Farewell!
Narrator
The pig knew it was against the rules to leave the farm. But something was certainly wrong.
Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett
How lovely, darling. What is this?
The Hoggetts son-in-law
It's a fax machine, Mother. You can send us letters by phone.
Arthur Hoggett
Huh.
Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett
Oh.
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The Soul-Eating Fear of a Duck
Ferdinand the Duck
The fear's too much for a duck. It-It eats away at the soul! There must be kinder dispositions in far-off, gentler lands.
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Preparing for Tomorrow's Challenges
Ferdinand
So, uh... what's happening?
Cow
Oh, no.
Fly
You'll need to be on top form tomorrow.
Babe
Night, Mum.
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Silent Figures Amidst Celebration
Narrator
And so it was that in all the celebration, in all the hubbub of noise and excitement, there were two figures who stood silent and still. Side by side.
[as the crowd cheers for Babe's remarkable performance at the sheepdog trials]
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Carnage Associated with Christmas Dinner
Ferdinand the Duck
Christmas dinner, yeah. Dinner means death. Death means carnage! Christmas means carnage! Christmas means carnage!
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A Call for Help in Crisis
Fly
Babe? Babe? Babe? Babe? Babe's run away! Rex? Please?
[rushes out of the barn, then she runs around the house; Rex is shown under the wagon watching Fly calling Babe and she approaches him, informing of what Duchess has done to Babe]
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House Rules for Animals
Fly
Babe, you wait here.
Babe
Aren't pigs allowed?
Trip
Not live ones.
[snickering]
Fly
Sorry, dear. Only dogs and cats inside the house.
[to Babe]
Babe
Why?
Fly
That's just the way things are!
[goes inside]
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Beware of Grudging Cats
Narrator
There are many perfectly nice cats in the world, but every barrel has its bad apples, and so it is well for everyone to pay attention to the old adage: "Beware of the bad cat holding a grudge.
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Heart of Gold and Sheep's Password
Maa
You see, ladies? A heart of gold.
[about Babe]
Sheep's password
Baa-ram-ewe. Baa-ram-ewe. To your breed, your fleece, your clan be true. Sheep be true. Baa-ram-ewe.
Sheep
Well, I wouldn't call that a bite myself. You got teeth in that floppy mouth of yours or just gums?
[to Babe]
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Instructions for Pet Care and Farewell
Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett
Now, it's all very simple. Just half an hour at 350 degrees. I've given you rabbit casserole on Friday. Now, for Duchess, it's liver in the morning, heart for the evening. Except for Fridays, if it's steak in the morning and the cooked liver at night. Warm it up in a frying pan for a bit, but test it before you give it to her because she bites into it before she knows what's what, the silly darling. That'll be the bus. Oh! Farewell.
[horn honks]
Farmer Hoggett
Have a nice time. Farewell.
Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett
Hello, everyone!
Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett
Oh, dearie me, Valda. I know I have to be at the National Conference. I am the Assistant General Secretary of the Northeast Region after all, but I do worry about leaving that man alone.
Valda
Yet acting a bit strange?
Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett
Just silly facts. Odd little facts only a wife would notice. Yet, I suppose he can't get up to too much mischief in just three days, can he?
Valda
Of course not.
Babe
Oh. Nice evening. Disgrace about the weather. Nasty cough!
Babe
It's alright. Really! I'm just, well...bless you.
Farmer Hoggett
Enough!
[Then he tosses the cat out into the pouring rain]
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Responsibilities and Expectations on the Farm
Fly
Not you, dear.
Babe
Why not?
Fly
We have to do dogs work. You're a pig. Your job is to stay here and eat your food. We'll be back at the end of the day.
Maa
Darn wolf! Never do leave a body alone. Nag, nag, nag, all day long. Go here, go there, do this, do that.
[Babe investigates inside the pen; coughing]
Babe
I'm not a wolf.
Maa
Oh, I knows all that. Calls yourself a sheepdog. But you don't fool none of us.
Babe
I'm not a sheepdog, either.
[moves to look through a gap between the planks of the pen]
Maa
Well, I'll be dipped! What are you?
Babe
Pig. Large White. What are you?
Maa
Ewe.
Babe
Not me, who are you?
Maa
That's what I am! I - am - a - ewe!
Babe
Oh, you're a sheep!
[goes inside the barn to see Maa]
Maa
The name's Maa. And I'm stuck in this little box till the Boss makes me well again.
Babe
What's wrong with you, Maa?
Maa
Foot rot. And I've had a nasty cough. And I'm not as young as I used to be.
[coughs]
Babe
You don't look very old to me.
Maa
Too kind. First kind word I've heard in donkey's years. You seem a nice young chap, not like them wolves. Treat you like dirt, they do so. Bite you as soon as look at you, the–
Babe
Bite you?
Maa
And worse. Much worse. Savages!
Babe
Fly would never be mean.
Maa
Who's that?
Babe
She's my mu – she's the sheepdog here.
Maa
Fly, is that it? Black-and-white? Teeth sharp as a steel trap? All them wolves is cruel to us sheep. Always have been. No brains, no heart. Wouldn't want to see a gentle soul like you mixing with the likes of them.
[Babe nods; She coughs again]
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Concerns About Survival Among Farm Animals
Skip
What is it, Mom?
Fly the Border Collie
That's a pig.
Trip
They'll eat him when he's big enough.
Dash
Will they eat us when we're big enough?
Fly
Goodheavens, no! The bosses only eat stupid animals like sheep and ducks and chickens.
Puppy
It does look stupid, Mom.
Fly
Not as stupid as sheep, mind you, but pigs are definitely stupid.
Babe
Excuse me. No, we're not.
[clears throat]
Fly
Good heavens! Who are you?
Babe
I'm a Large White.
Fly
Yes, that's your breed, darling. What's your name?
Babe
I don't know.
Fly
Well, what did your mother call you to warn you apart from your brothers and sisters?
Babe
Our Mom called us all the same.
Fly
And what was that, dear?
Babe
She called us all "Babe.
Horse
Perhaps we shouldn't talk too much about, uh, family.
[whinnies; whinnies]
Babe
I want my mom.
[weeping; sobbing]
Fly
There, there. You’ve got to be a brave boy now. I left my mother since I was your age, and my pups will have to leave me soon. But I'll keep the eye an you, if you like, just till you find your feet. The little pig's a bit low. He's going to sleep with us, just till he finds his feet.
[stares at Babe, but goes up to him; Rex shows up, sees Babe]
Rex
Until he finds his feet.
[growls slightly; leaves]
Puppy
But Mom, he'll wet the bed!
Fly
Nonsense! If you do want to do anything, you'll go outside, won't you? Good boy.
[to Babe]
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A Conversation About Catching Dinner
Dash
We'll catch him and eat him one day, won't we, Mom?
Fly
Yes, guilty. Now come along.
[yawns]
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A Tale of Change and Heart
Narrator
This is a tale about an unprejudiced heart, and how it changed our valley forever. There was a time not so long ago when pigs were afforded no respect, except by other pigs. They lived their whole lives in a cruel and sunless world. In those days, pigs believed that the sooner they grew large and fat, the sooner they would have to be taken to Pig Paradise - a place so wonderful that no pig had ever thought to come back.
[first lines]
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Modernization and Family Concerns in Everyday Life
Mrs. Hoggett
...a washing machine, a radio, a new alarm clock. I think it's a lovely fax machine, darling, but can't you use it?
The Hoggetts daughter
We already have one, Mom. That's the entire idea. We can send faxes to each other. Now, don't be afraid of it just because it's new.
The Hoggetts son-in-law
These accounts are a real concern, Arthur. Every month your expenditure is bigger than your income. It's eating up your reserves the entire time. You need to modernize, get some sort of cash flow going. You're yet using a horse and cart, for heaven's sakes. Dad?
Farmer Hoggett
Funny, that.
The Hoggetts son-in-law
Wait, what?
Farmer Hoggett
These chickens, that pig.
The Hoggetts son-in-law
What's the pig had to do with anything?
Farmer Hoggett
Nothing. Just look at them. The browns and the whites. Come, Rex. Come, Fly. Come, Pig. Come, Pig!
[doesn't warn his family, but the next morning, he decides to see if he's really seen a pig herding chickens; turns to Babe; Babe hesitates]
Fly
Maybe he's pleased with you for what you did yesterday.
Babe
I didn't do much.
Fly
Well, if it wasn't for you, darling, they could've stolen the entire flock.
Babe
Is Rex unhappy with me?
Fly
Oh, he'll be alright. Just stay out of his road today.
Farmer Hoggett
Way to be, Fly. Rex, come by!
Babe
You're so fast. I'd never be able to fly like you can.
Fly
Pigs aren't built to fly, darling. But speed isn't the fact. It's attitude. They just have to know who's boss.
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Unexpected Roles in Animal Farm Life
Narrator
A pig doing the work of a sheepdog? With Rex out of action and Fly injured from the fight, Farmer Hoggett had no choice.
Babe
Maa! Maa! The boss has to give you some medicine.
Maa
Oh, dear, I thought so! It's horrible stuff, that.
Babe
I know, but it's for the best.
Maa
Oh, our young'un, if you say so.
Farmer Hoggett
Shoo! Shoo!
Narrator
As the thought first came to him, Farmer Hoggett dismissed it as mere whimsy, but like most of his harebrained ideas, it wouldn't go away.
Babe
What are they doing here?
Fly
It's a sheepdog trial.
Babe
Then it's like a competition for sheepdogs.
Fly
And their bosses. It's like an obstacle curse.
Babe
How do they decide who wins?
Fly
Well, it's time and mistakes. You get points for how fast you are and they take points away for every mistake. Every time a sheep goes the wrong road, that's a mistake and you lose points.
Babe
Looks like fun!
Fly
Oh, for a sheepdog, there's no prouder moment. You know, Rex and I used to...never mind.
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Seeds of Destiny and Simple Tasks
Narrator
It was at that time that Mrs. Hoggett began to worry about her husband. But Farmer Hoggett knows that little ideas that tickled and nagged and refused to go away should never be ignored for in them lie the seeds of destiny.
Farmer Hoggett
Close the gate... like that, and you're done.
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A Conversation Among Farm Animals
Narrator
But Fly could never believe that Babe was a sheep-killer, so she remained in the field to do something she'd never done before... talk to the sheep.
Fly
Tell me. Who killed the old one?
Sheep
Wolf!
Fly
Wolf. Is that the only words you half-wits know?
Sheep
Wolf!
Fly
Are you saying it was a dog?
Sheep
Babe! Where's Babe?
Fly
Was it wolf or Babe?!
Sheep
Wolf! Where's Babe?! Wolf! Babe!
Narrator
Farmer Hoggett was carrying something in the crook of one arm. A kind of black, shiny tube.
Farmer Hoggett
Come, pig.
Narrator
The pig had a vague memory that shiny tubes produced food and guessed that some quite unexpected reunion would come out of the two small round mouths.
Sheep
Wolf! Babe! Wolf! Babe!
Fly
QUIET!!!!
[yelling]
Narrator
Fly decided to speak very slowly, for it was a cold fact of nature that sheep were stupid, and no one would ever persuade her otherwise.
Fly
Please, please would you be so kind as to tell me what happened?
[straining]
Sheep
Shh! Quiet!
[to each other]
Fly
Please, tell me what just happened this morning.
Narrator
The sheep spoke very slowly, for it was a cold fact of nature that wolves were ignorant, and nothing would convince them otherwise.
Sheep
Babe came! He saved us! The wolves killed Maa. But Babe drove the wolves away!
Fly
Thank you. Thank you! Thank you all very much!
Sheep
Pleasure talking to ya.
Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett
Hoggett! Hooey! Hoggett! ARTHUR! Well, there you are! What do you think? That was the police on the telephone. They said there are wild dogs about. Apparently, the Mitchells lost six lambs this morning. What on earth are you doing here with that gun?!
[Fly is shown running toward the shack. Farmer Hoggett walks out of it as she passes him to get inside; notice the shotgun on his hand]
Farmer Hoggett
Oh, err... nothing.
[looks at his shotgun, realizing the mistake he almost made; Esme frowns at him, but lets out a sigh and walks back into the house as we see Farmer Hoggett with a pleading look on his face upon learning the truth and removes the shells on his shotgun]
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A Pig's Journey to Leadership and Control
Farmer Hoggett
Get them up, Pig.
Fly
He wants you to drive them out of the yard.
[to Babe]
Farmer Hoggett
Away to me, Pig!
Fly
Remember, you'll have to dominate them. Do that and they'll do anything you want. Go. Go!
Babe
This is ridiculous, Mom.
[approaching Fly]
Fly
Nonsense. It's only your first try. But you're treating them like equals. They're sheep. They're inferior.
Babe
Oh, dear, they're not.
Fly
Of course they are! We are their masters, Babe. Let them doubt it for a second and they'll walk all over you.
Rex
Fly, get that pig out of there!
[barks frustratingly]
Fly
Make them feel inferior. Abuse them. Insult them.
Rex
Fly!
Babe
But they'll laugh at me.
Fly
Then bite them! Be ruthless. Whatever it takes. Bend them to your will.
Rex
Enough!
Fly
Go ahead! Go!
Babe
Move along there, you...you big butt heads!
Maa
Young'un, stop this nonsense! What's got into you all of a sudden? I just got finished tellin what a nice young pig you be.
Babe
Maa, I was just trying to be a sheepdog...
Maa
Hah! Enough wolves in the world already, without a nice lad like you turnin nasty. You haven't had it in you, young'un!
Rex
You and I have descended from the grand sheepdogs. We carry the bloodline of the ancient Bahou. We stand for something. And today, I watched in shame as all that was betrayed.
[fumes at Fly]
Fly
Rex, dear, he's just a little pig.
Rex
All the bigger the insult.
Babe
I'm sorry I bit you. Are you alright?
Sheep
Well, I wouldn't call that a bite myself. You've had teeth in that floppy mouth of yours or just gums?
Babe
Aaaah!
[opening his mouth wide]
Maa
You see, ladies? A heart of gold!
Sheep
Heart of gold.
Maa
No need for all this wolf nonsense, young'un. All a nice little pig like you need do is ask.
Babe
Thanks very much. It was very kind of you.
Sheep
A pleasure. What a nice little pig!
Fly
Alright, how did you do it?
[to Babe]
Babe
I asked them and they did it. I just asked them nicely.
Fly
We don't ask sheep, darling. We warn them what to do.
Babe
But I did so, Mom. They were really friendly. Perhaps Rex might be a little more friendly if I had a speak with him.
Fly
No, no, no. I think you better leave that to me.
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A Farmer's Wish for a Perfect Day
Farmer Arthur H. Hoggett
If I had words to make a day for you I'd sing you a morning golden and true I would make this day last for all timeThen fill the night deep in moonshine
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Respecting Roles and Boundaries Among Animals
Rex
It was my mistake. I was trying to loosen facts up a little. But, no. Today proves that it doesn't work. From now on, we'll all respect the rules. To each creature, its own destiny and every animal in its proper place. And a pig's proper place is under the old cart, not in the barn and absolutely never in the house. Is that understood?
[sighs]
Babe
Yes, sir.
Rex
Now, Pig, regarding the company you keep. Being young, it's hard to discriminate, so I'll make it easy for you. I forbid you to speak to or consort with that duck ever. Do I make myself clear?
Babe
Uh...what's "consort"?
Horse
It means, young man, that you must not go anywhere near that duck.
Rex
And as for the fugitive duck, when he shows himself, let him know this, being a duck he must behave like a duck. No more of this crowing nonsense. He should accept what he is and be thankful for it. That goes for all of us.
Cow
Here, here!
Narrator
Rex continued long into the night. Elsewhere, there was more talk. The subject was Christmas dinner and whether that year the main course would be roast pork or Duck a l'Orange.
Esme Hoggett
And pork is a nice, sweet meat. Then there's the crackling. That always adds interest and texture.
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Tension in the Sheep Fields
Narrator
At any other time, the pig would've been tickled pink by his first visit to the sheep fields. But now, there was fear in the air. Maa and her kind were under threat.
Sheep Rustler
Hey, Frank, feel like pork for dinner tonight?
Maa
Young'un! You're alive!
Babe
Maa! What's going on? Who are these men?
Frank
I'll get him out. Come around, Sniff!
[whistles]
Babe
Where's our boss? It doesn't seem right.
[gets knocked over by Sniff]
Esme
What's wrong, dear?
[upon seeing her granddaughter heartbroken]
The Hoggetts granddaughter
It's the wrong one! I WANT THE HOUSE I SAW ON THE TELEVISION!!
[complaining and sobbing; shrieking tearfully as we see Arthur smirking at his granddaughter's tantrum, trying not to laugh; crying]
Esme
Oh, there, there.
[comforting her granddaughter]
Farmer Hoggett
Nice dog. Nice pig.
[Fly jumps into the truck bed. Then the farmer lifts Babe up behind her]
Fly
I'm very proud of you, my boy.
Babe
I'm going to be a nice sheepdog if I grow up, aren't I?
Fly
None of my pups would have done any better than you did so today.
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A Conversation Between Babe and Duchess
Duchess the Cat
Oh, do forgive me for scratching you, dear. I got a bit carried away. It's a cat thing.
Babe
Oh, well, but...
Duchess
Feeling good about tomorrow, are you?
Babe
Mm-hmm. It should be all right, I think.
Duchess
You know, I probably shouldn't say this, but I'm not sure if you realize how much the other animals are laughing at you for this sheepdog business.
Babe
Why would they do that?
Duchess
Well, they say you've forgotten that you're a pig. Isn't that silly? They say you don't even know what pigs are for.
Babe
What do you mean, what pigs are for?
Duchess
You know, why pigs are here.
Babe
Why are any of us here?
Duchess
Well, the cows are here to be milked. The dogs are here to help the Boss's husband with the sheep. And I am here to be beautiful and affectionate to the Boss.
Babe
Yes?
Duchess
The fact is that pigs don't have a purpose. Just like ducks don't have a purpose.
[sighs softly]
Babe
I—I don't, uh...
Duchess
Oh, all right, for your sake, I'll be blunt. Why do the Bosses keep ducks? To eat them. So why do the Bosses keep a pig? The fact is that animals who don't seem to have a purpose a purpose really do have a purpose. The Bosses have to eat. It's probably the most noble purpose of all when you come to think about it.
Babe
They eat pigs?
[horrified]
Duchess
Pork, they call it. Or bacon. They only call them pigs when they're still alive.
Babe
But, uh, I'm a sheep pig!
[frightened]
Duchess
The Boss's husband is just playing a little game with you. Believe me, sooner or later, every pig gets eaten. That's how the world works. Oh, I haven't upset you, have I?
[giggles; chuckles softly]
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Perspective on Animal Hierarchy
Fly the Border Collie
The Bosses only eat stupid animals like sheep and ducks and chickens.
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Farewell Words to a Beloved Pig
Farmer Arthur H. Hoggett
That'll do, pig. That'll do".
[repeated line]
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A Plan Against the Rules
Ferdinand
Let's go over it one more time.
Babe
I go through the kitchen, across the living room...
Ferdinand
How do you go across the living room?
Babe
Silently, so I don't awaken the cat. Then into the bedroom, get the mechanical rooster, and bring it out to you. But it's against the rules. Only dogs and cats are allowed in the house.
[thinks of something]
Ferdinand
It's a nice rule. But this is a matter of life and death!
Babe
That is?
[confused]
Ferdinand
Come here. Humans eat ducks!
[sighs; they went inside the doghouse]
Babe
I beg your pardon?
[gasping]
Ferdinand
Ah, most ducks prefer to forget it, but the fact is that humans like to eat plump, attractive ducks.
Babe
Ohhh, I don't think so. Not the Boss; not the Boss's wife.
Ferdinand
Oh, come on. Humans don't eat cats - why?
Babe
Well, they're...
Ferdinand
They're indispensable—they catch mice. Humans don't eat roosters—why? They make eggs with the chickens and the hens and wake everyone up in the morning.
Babe
Right...
Ferdinand
I tried it with the hens; it didn't work. So I turned to crowing, and lo! I discover my gift to become indispensable! But now they bring in a machine to do the job! Oohhhh-oh-oh, the treachery of it! A mechanical rooster!
Babe
Oh dear me...
Ferdinand
Oh, dear you?! I suppose the life of an anorexic duck doesn't amount to much in the broad scheme of things. But, Pig, I'm all I've got!
[sighs/quacks]
Babe
Why do you want me to do it?
Ferdinand
Because...I'm allergic to cats.
[sighs/quacks]
Babe
Oh.
Ferdinand
They make me sneeze.
Babe
Oh. Don't worry, I won't wake up the cat.
Ferdinand
My life is in your hands...er, trotters.
Ferdinand
STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!! Stop. Stop, stop, stop, stop. Here, let me get you out. Go outside.
[silently rushes through the doggy door and into the house, flying; Babe stands like a statue as he lands; gently plucks the yarn from around his hoof]
Babe
But you said you needed me.
Ferdinand
Well, then, stand guard.
Babe
Guard what?
[follows Ferdinand]
Ferdinand
Forget it. Stick with me, and please - I beg you - not one more word.
[moans]
Ferdinand
Ah...
[a sneeze twitches in his nose]
Babe
Don't sneeze, Ferdinand.
Ferdinand
Ah...
Babe
Just hold your breath.
Ferdinand
AHH...CHOO!!!
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Ferdinand Celebrates the Pig's Success
Ferdinand the Duck
The pig did it! The pig did it! The perfect score!
[laughs in joy]
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Early Morning Ambitions in the Barnyard
Babe
Mom. Mom! Mom! Can we start work early today?
Fly
Oh, dear, it's not even dawn yet. You can go to work until the rooster crows. Go back to sleep.
Babe
Excuse me. Hello, sir. Excuse me, but it's almost dawn and......
Rooster
Wait, what?
Babe
I'm sorry to disturb you, but it's almost dawn, and I wondered if you'd mind crowing just a few moments early this morning.
Rooster
Get out of here!
Babe
But, well, see I just...
Rooster
Get lost!
Babe
Oh, okay Rooster.
Sheep
Wolf! Babe! Wolf! Babe!
Narrator
Now the pig understood why the sheep called all dogs wolves. And he was filled with a deep and horrible rage.
Babe
Maa! Maa! Are you alright?
Maa
Hello, young'un.
Babe
Oh, Maa, can you get up?
Maa
I don't reckon.
[last words]
Babe
It's over, Maa. The wolves have gone far off. I'll get the boss up here to look after you. You'll be alright. You'll be alright! Oh, Maa! Maa! MAA!! MAA!! MAA!!! MAA!!!
[but her eyes are far apart. Her head droops and life leaves her; chokes back sobs, then bleating depressed as the sheep saying his name; the Boss's truck rumbles up]
Farmer Hoggett
Go Home, pig.
Narrator
Fly knew that there was only one fate for any creature that took the life of a sheep on Hoggett Farm.
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The Tragic Fate of a Champion Dog
Babe
Was Rex a champion?
Fly
He had the makings of the biggest champion there ever was, but it wasn't to be.
Babe
What just happened?
Fly
A while back if Rex was in his prime, the winter rains brought a grand flood to the valley. Rex and the boss got most of the flock onto the high ground. Then Rex went back to look for the strays. He found them. They'd been stranded by the rising water. He tried to herd them across to safety, but they wouldn't budge. Too afraid and too foolish to save their own skins. It was freezing cold and the water kept rising. Rex stayed with them right through the night. By morning, the sheep were drowned. But until they found Rex, he was barely alive.
Babe
Oh, Mum!
Fly
Two weeks rest in front of the fire saw him back on his feet, but his hearing was never the same again. He'd never let anyone know, but he's almost totally deaf.
Babe
Is that why he's so, you know, frustrated?
Fly
That's not the half of it. All this was barely a month before the Grand National Challenge. He tried his best, but he couldn't hear the boss's calls, and it slowed him up. The cold truth is that, but for the foolishness of sheep, Rex would've been the champion of champions.
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Misery on a Beautiful Night
Fly
Rex? I know it was hard for you today, watching all that happening. But surely it's not worth all this misery. Please, darling. Not on such a beautiful night.
[Rex doesn't answer]
Rex
You...put these ideas into his head, two-faced traitorous WRETCH!!!
[gets up growling]
Farmer Hoggett
Get down! Down, Rex! Rex...
[Rex accidentally bites his hand]
Narrator
A dark cloud had descended on the valley. And the pig felt that the dangers were all his fault. But he was certain, he knew how to set things right.
Babe
Um, excuse me, sir. But I-I-I-I think all this trouble-
[in an attempt to apologize for being better than him]
Vet
Well, it's not distemper. Can't be rabies. Must be the hormones.
Esme Hoggett
What about Hoggett's notion, the dog being jealous of the wee pig?
Vet
Oh, I don't see that myself.
Esme Hoggett
No. Then what have we done?
Vet
Well, you can keep him locked up or snip, snip. I can do it Tuesday.
Arthur Hoggett
No.
Vet
Or Wednesday.
Esme Hoggett
Hoggett doesn't want the dog operated on. He's a breeding dog.
Vet
Well, now, I can sedate him, of course, but he'll be useless as a working dog. Now I'm gonna give you some pills to put in his food.
[injects Rex]
Arthur Hoggett
Good dog.
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Christmas Dinner Conversation in the Hoggett Family
Babe
Fly, may I call you Mom?
Esme Hoggett
Hello!
The Hoggetts son-in-law
Hey, folks, how are you? Merry Christmas!
Esme Hoggett
Merry Christmas! How's my favorite girl? Nanny has a jellybean. Give us a kiss. And guess what we're having for Christmas dinner? Roast pork.
The Hoggetts granddaughter
I hate pork.
Maa
Darn silly carry-on, if you ask me.
Horse
The cat says they call it Christmas.
Ferdinand
Christmas! Christmas dinner, yes. Dinner means death. Death means carnage! Christmas means carnage! CHRISTMAS MEANS CARNAGE!!
[runs off in fear]
Maa
Eating pigs! Blaah! Barbarians!
Babe
You're going back to the fields, Maa.
[runs up to Maa]
Maa
Oh, young'un, tragic there ain't more of your kind. I'll be thinking of you always.
Babe
I could come and visit you, Maa.
Maa
I'd like that, but...well, we shouldn't hope for too much.
[gets yanked as the cart pulls forward, she follows]
Babe
La la la, la la la, la la la lala. La la la, lala la la, lalala la la la la, hey!
[humming the tune of "Jingle Bells"]
Narrator
And then, it was Christmas Eve, and time had run out for the pig.
Mrs. Hoggett
Are you doing him tonight, then?
Farmer Hoggett
Huh.
Mrs. Hoggett
Sure. The blood will drain by morning.
Farmer Hoggett
Pity.
Mrs. Hoggett
What's that?
Farmer Hoggett
Nothing.
Mrs. Hoggett
What on earth are you rambling on about?
Farmer Hoggett
Exchange to miss out on the best ham prize at next year's fair, is all. Nice plump haunches he's getting. Beautiful. Yet...silly to wait, I suppose so.
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Understanding Hierarchy in Animal Roles
Fly the Border Collie
It's only your first try. But you're treating them like equals. They're sheep; they're inferior.
[to Babe]
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